Northern League: Seaham Red Star still targeting promotion despite mixed form

Seaham Red Star still have their sights set firmly on promotion despite experiencing a challenging first two months to the Northern League season.

Mark Collingwood’s side had lost seven of their first 12 games of their Division Two campaign ahead of Saturday’s home game against Chester-le-Street Town - and that had left them languishing in the bottom half of the table. However, a Josh Houghton brace and a goal apiece from Jack Leonard and Ryan Appleby helped Red Star end a run of four consecutive defeats with a 4-2 win against the Cestrians and that moved them to within two points of the top eight.

Speaking after the win, assistant manager Michael Johnson told The Echo: “We have had a difficult start to the season, we haven’t won as many games as we want but the overall goal is still to try and get out of this league. That goal stays the same and until it is mathematically impossible, our goal is promotion in one way or another. That’s the aim, that will be the aim for the season despite the difficult start and we know we can be better. We have talked about it a lot, we spoke about it in training and it’s just about executing it in games.”

Results

Friday: Ryton and Crawcrook Albion 2-1 AFC Newbiggin Saturday: Darlington Town 1-1 Boldon CA, Durham United 1-2 FC Hartlepool, Newcastle University 0-6 Billingham Town, Park View AFC 3-2 Stokesley SC, Seaham Red Star 4-2 Chester-le-Street Town, Seaton Carew 5-0 Prudhoe YC Seniors, Sunderland RCA 1-3 Jarrow, Tow Law Town 4-0 Grangetown Boys Club

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